The Myths of Rome

by: Wiseman, T.P.

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 It is often thought, for no good reason, that myth and history are mutually exclusive. But most mythic stories were believed by their tellers, and some of them were true. Was Lucretia a real woman, raped by the king's son? Did Horatius really hold the bridge alone against an army? Nobody knows; but figures like Spartacus, Cleopatra, Caligula and Nero were certainly real flesh and blood before they became figures of myth. The long history of the Roman People and their city - whether under the kings, the free republic, or the Caesars - generated countless stories, no less mythic than the tale of Troy

The triumph of Flora
Latins and Greeks
Kings (and after)
The God of liberty and licence
What Novius knew
History and myth
Facing both ways
Power and the people
Caesars
The dream that was Rome

xxii, 390 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cm

The Myths of Rome

by: Wiseman, T.P.

• ISBN-13: 9780859897037 / 978-0-85989-703-7
• ISBN-03: 0859897036 / 0-85989-703-6
• University of Exeter Press, Exeter, 2004

Price: 94,00 EURO

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